The Farm Fresh Foxies have been one of the hardest teams to figure out in the 2026–27 PVL All-Filipino Conference Siklab Series, and Royse Tubino says the conference’s all-to-play format is a big reason why.
The Foxies have alternated wins and losses through their first five games, and four of those matches went to five sets. They beat the Choco Mucho Flying Titans and ZUS Coffee Thunderbelles and lost to the Nxled Chameleons and Akari Chargers.
Tubino Laments Challenge of Losing Momentum
Tubino has seen the pattern firsthand. Against ZUS Coffee, she sat out the entire second set under the format’s rules but still scored 20 points as Farm Fresh won 25-21, 16-25, 21-25, 25-19, 15-10. The Foxies took the first set before losing the next two.
“Siguro, sa amin, ‘yung momentum kasi kapag nakuha namin ‘yung first set, tapos nag-iiba ‘yung second set, nawawala ‘yung momentum ng team,” said Tubino.
“So kailangan namin makuha, mag-gel pa talaga, masanay na ganoon ‘yung setup ng PVL ngayon.”
The veteran said the hardest part is resetting after breaks in play and coming back with the right energy for the next set.
“Mindset siguro kasi galing sa first set, tapos rest, tapos bakbakan ulit ng third set. So nasa mindset, tapos kuha ulit ng momentum para makabalik ulit,” she said.
Adjustments Start at Practice
Tubino believes the answer starts in practice.
“Siguro, siyempre, best effort pa rin kami na kukunin namin sa training kasi doon talaga lalabas ‘yung laro namin. Sa training, uumpisahan namin para pagdating ng game, lalabas ‘yung kung anong natutunan namin sa training.”
Farm Fresh will next face the PLDT High Speed Hitters on Tuesday, November 10, at 1:00 p.m. at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.
